GOP lawmaker attended gay son's wedding 3 days after voting against same-sex marriage

GOP congressman who voted against a House bill that would codify same-sex marriage protections attended his gay son’s wedding over the weekend.

Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Dec. 1, 2021.Zachary Schermele

A Republican lawmaker attended his gay son’s wedding just three days after joining the majority of his GOP colleagues in voting against a House bill that would codify federal protections for same-sex marriage. The gay son of Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., confirmed to NBC News on Monday that he “married the love of [his] life” on Friday and that his “father was there.” NBC News is not publishing the names of the grooms, neither of whom is a public figure.“Congressman and Mrs.

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